The growing divide between AI hype and software engineering reality
It is widely accepted that there is an AI bubble in the financial markets at the moment. The moderate opinion is however that LLMs are constantly improving and will eventually take over more and more tasks from humans and increase productivity. But are LLMs actually getting smarter, or just better at fooling us?
— by [@ottok](https://mastodon.social/@ottok )
📃 https://optimizedbyotto.com/post/why-open-source-projects-ban-ai/
#opensource #aihype #LLMs #aibubble #ai #software #development #smart #aislop
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